Chapter 0495 - The Underlying Contradiction Under the Pressure of Survival

For the unexpected gain of this trip, Zhong Huagong was ecstatic in his heart.

But he was also dissatisfied with something, so he asked tentatively: "Mr. Tang, can the price of the computer human resources system be more favorable?" ”

"You don't understand," Tang Huan glanced at the other party and replied lightly, "I understand your real needs, so in your system, the encryption technology is based on the chip-level DES implementation." This is the standard of the U.S. federal government, and it is used in the United States, and there are strict export restrictions. If it weren't for the light of the new banking system borrowed from the Bank of China, even if I wanted to give it to you, it might not have been so easy. ”

"I understand, I'll explain it in detail when I get back." The sweat on Zhong Huagong's forehead came down at that time, and he quickly got up to say goodbye.

"Don't forget, these products are only available in US dollars." Tang Huan bowed slightly, and reminded the other party again.

Zhong Huagong, who agreed repeatedly, did not completely relax until he walked out of the office, and subconsciously took out a cigarette, and just lit it, an Indian next to him immediately stopped him: "Sir, this is a smoke-free area." ”

"I'm sorry." Zhong Hua bowed his mouth and agreed, but he scolded in his heart, "Hit the street, Ah San, the tube is really wide", but when he got into the car, he shook his head with a smile, "He is worthy of being the richest man in the world, it is unspeakably expensive, like the United Nations, there are servants of all kinds." ”

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"Tang Sheng, I'm causing you trouble this time." Seeing Zhong Huagong leaving, Wang Jing came over.

"Not really. At my level, some contact is inevitable. Tang Huan waved his hand disapprerovingly, "Just like you, a director, when you are actually filming, people from three religions and nine streams often take the initiative to come to the door by themselves." ”

"It's an honor to follow a caring boss like you." Wang Jing complimented him sincerely.

"Less sycophants." Tang Huan scolded with a smile. Raised his hand and nodded at Wang Jing, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, pay attention to keeping your distance, don't wait for you to move the idea of immigration, and suddenly find that you have entered the blacklist and are rejected without room for maneuver." ”

Wang Jing scratched his head and replied with a slight stammer: "Thank you Tang Sheng for your concern." I'll take care of it. ”

There are some things, just to the point, Tang Huan didn't bother to say more, and instead talked about the movie "God of Gamblers", "I know, you are a little worried about Zhou Yunfa and Zhou Xingchi that I stuffed to you, it depends on your director's training ability, the two of them are still very potential, and bring out an actor and a newcomer who can't get up to the top." Can it also show your ability, right? ”

"I will definitely go all out and live up to Tang Sheng's weight." Seeing that Tang Huan specially explained this matter to himself, Wang Jing made a rare serious guarantee, and gave a detailed introduction to the progress of the project.

Tang Huan nodded approvingly, "There will be several big productions in DreamWorks this year, and "God of Gamblers" will occupy a lot of weight. For a long time, Hong Kong has not formed a pure trade union in the film industry, and it is time to change this scattered situation. Otherwise, it is not conducive to the long-term development of the industry, and in the end, everyone will have no meat in the bowl. DreamWorks will push for this next year. Now it's time to increase your influence in the industry even further. ”

Wang Jing's face showed a sudden expression, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that Mr. Tang paid so much attention to film production, it turned out that he had another strategy, and he must have revealed this tone to himself, which also has another meaning.

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"Protecting Flowers" is not in DreamWorks' project sequence, and its planned major productions this year include Wang Jing's "God of Gamblers", Lin Qingfang's "Senior Sister's Heroic Money Empire", Xu Ke's "Huang Feihong" and so on.

Probably stimulated by the box office results. The team of "Senior Sister Heroic" can be said to be in a hot state of work, and they started work early, looking at the smooth progress, maybe the movie will be released in August.

In strong contrast, the "Once Upon a Time" project has been delayed again and again. Xu Ke, who was going to do a big job, was so depressed that he was restless, and he was completely angry.

This can't be blamed on Xu Ke, some influencing factors are not within his control at all.

The first is the actor Jet Li, who wants to shoot "Shaolin Kid" for Zhongyuan Film Production Company according to the previous agreement.

This movie, like the previous "Shaolin Temple", must have elements of beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful rivers and mountains, but the crew finally went to the bank of the Li River to film, which dragged down the schedule.

If this is just a minor annoyance, it is the resistance encountered in the production process that is the most tricky.

There have been many movies with Huang Feihong as the theme, and Guan Dexing alone has starred in more than 80 films. Xu Ke, who has no hills and valleys in his chest, cannot simply repeat the past.

You must know that compared with the same stage of the original time and space, the current Xu Ke is not an ordinary spring breeze, in 1981, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director of the Treasure Island Film with "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing", and his latest work "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" further proved his commercial value at the box office, as if he was a leading figure among the directors of Xiangjiang.

Of course, Xu Ke's fame and fortune are based on his own hard work.

In order to shoot "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan", Xu Ke was beaten back several times by DreamWorks just in the script, and even Shi Nansheng stood on the opposite side of him, and almost fell into the arms of Golden Harvest.

In the end, Xu Ke adapted the content of the original book into two parts, and adjusted it repeatedly, and was finally recognized by DreamWorks and got the long-awaited right to use DreamWorks Art Special Effects.

As a result, Xu Ke ushered in the era of new special effects in martial arts films.

Although in Tang Huan's view, the martial arts masters on the big screen made blind comparisons, and then the screen was full of wind, thunder and lightning, which was really a bit out of tune, but the audience at this stage bought it, and quickly attracted a lot of followers.

Shaw Brothers received technical support from DreamWorks Art Special Effects to shoot the new style of "Wulin Sacred Fire Order" starring Mo Shaocong, Weng Jingjing, Liu Xuehua and others, and the box office significantly exceeded other films produced by the same family.

On the basis of these glorious achievements, Xu Ke naturally wanted to make a new style and a certain ideological height of "Huang Feihong", such as continuing to express similar to the reflection on the people's poor life in "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman", and the primary script provided by DreamWorks moved him at once.

In this new "Once Upon a Time", the story places Huang Feihong in the new and old, traditional and modern era. and the political and cultural conflicts between China and the West.

Xu Ke had a feeling that this script simply said what he was thinking, and suddenly made the vague outline in his mind clear.

After the script was fully finalized, Xu Ke next needed to consider the martial arts art form of the film, and he did not hesitate to lean towards the style of "Fang Shiyu" that is pleasing to the audience.

But when it came time to choose a martial arts instructor, Xu Ke planned to invite from outside DreamWorks. Gaine ended in 1981's "Once Upon a Time: The Brave Are Fearless". Almost all of them have the shadow of the participation of the disciples of Huang Feihong, a real person in history.

Due to the possible positive impact of the gimmick of "justifiable" on the box office, Xu Ke planned to let Liu Jiaban, the fourth-generation successor of Huang Feihong, be a martial arts instructor.

At the beginning, both sides were very positive in terms of cooperation intentions, but after in-depth exchanges, Liu Jiaban objected to the martial arts style that Xu Ke wanted, especially thinking that the bells and whistles of "Foshan Shadowless Feet" were very substandard, and then rose to the height of the dispute between the north and the south.

Now, the biggest reason why the movie "Once Upon a Time" project has been shelved is here.

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Tang Huan, who inspected at DreamWorks Art Special Effects Company, listened to Xu Ke finish talking about these trivial things. waved his hand disapplaudively, "If you can't talk about it, then use our own people, it's not a big deal." ”

"Although I have not officially notified Liu Jiaban of the termination of cooperation, I have already started to arrange the handover." Xu Ke hurriedly replied.

Tang Huan nodded, and then focused on the special effects in front of him.

I have to say that Xu Ke put forward those special effects requirements when filming "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman". This has forced DreamWorks Art & Special Effects to improve its work a lot, and many of the results can be used for other films repeatedly.

Tang Huan smiled at Xu Ke with satisfaction: "You are like James who is filming "Terminator" in the United States. Cameron. I'm obsessed with special effects technology in the field of film.,And have your own ideas.。 ”

"Really?" Hearing this, Tsui Hark's eyes lit up, "I hope to have the opportunity to communicate with him." ”

"Simple. I'll arrange for you to meet. But both of you are full of personalities, and I hope that the time will not be used to fight out of your opinions. After Tang Huan made a joke, he fiddled with the model on the table, and the staff next to him hurriedly introduced it.

"By the way, I heard that in order to shoot "Once Upon a Time". You built a very magnificent exterior, almost the size of two or three streets, which was specially designed to reflect the customs of the market in the late Qing Dynasty, and even many reporters came to see the excitement. Tang Huan, who thought of this news, asked casually.

"I rented a ready-made place on the set of Shaw Brothers, and it hasn't been fully built yet." Seeing that Tang Huan was very interested, Xu Ke's heart moved, "If Tang Sheng has time, it is better to go and have a look." I followed the historical facts as much as possible, and the original style can be regarded as a landscape. ”

"Then go and see." Tang Huan readily agreed. He is still looking forward to the Xu Ke version of "Once Upon a Time", otherwise it would not have been launched in advance.

In Tang Huan's view, compared with the early 1990s in the original time and space, this "Huang Feihong" can make people reflect on China a hundred years ago.

Xu Ke wished he could have more time to communicate with Tang Huan, because he heard that the original idea of the script of "Huang Feihong" came from this big boss, and he also felt very much about this script, of course, he had to take the opportunity to ask for advice, maybe he could get the investment in the sequel without waiting for the box office to show it, and then make a new "Huang Feihong" series.

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Located on the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Kowloon, Shaw Brothers Studios has been in operation for more than 20 years now, which can be regarded as a major witness to the development history of the film industry in Hong Kong.

However, with the Shaw Brothers' foray into the fast-growing Hong Kong television industry, especially after Run Run Shaw became the largest shareholder of TVB in 1980 and became the chairman of the board, the business of Shaw Brothers Film Company continued to shrink significantly, and the Clear Water Bay studio was also leased to TVB as a recording studio.

When Shaw Brothers Cinemas merged into DreamWorks Cinemas under the name of franchise, the shift of Shaw's career center became more and more obvious, which inevitably gave the artists of Shaw Brothers Film Company a sense of crisis, after all, not everyone has the ability and opportunity to adapt to the changes of the times immediately.

After the Shaw Brothers Theaters merged into DreamWorks Theaters, there was no Shaw Brothers movie that some naΓ―ve people took for granted, but the Shaw Brothers movies that were unpopular and had no merit were brushed down faster. This makes some people at the bottom seem to find the reason for their hard lives.

And Xu Ke coveted the convenience of the location built on the set of Clear Water Bay, and the location of the meeting became the place where the contradictions accumulated and exploded.

On this day, after the martial artists of DreamWorks prepared the fight set for the movie "Once Upon a Time" according to the drawings, the logistics department sent a batch of watermelons, and everyone immediately happily ate melons to relieve the heat.

The martial artists of the Shaw Clan looked envious, so they instigated a few people to come and hug the watermelon.

Although the top did not put down the words. But the bottom can still feel the wind and grass that is about to be broken up, and there are a lot of stumbles on weekdays, so the martial artists of DreamWorks can't get used to the other party's behavior of taking advantage of nothing, and immediately stop it.

The Shaw Clan martial artist, who couldn't wipe his face, immediately fought back with a weird yin and yang, "If you don't give it, you won't give it, what's the big deal." Leaving us, just with your fancy showcase, you also want to shoot "Once Upon a Time" well? ”

The martial artist of DreamWorks is also not good-tempered, and then he ridicules each other. "You can only say some sour and cool words, anyway, the audience likes our martial arts style, and your movies can't even be ranked in theaters."

The Shaw Clan martial artist, who was talked about his shortcomings, immediately surged blood, raised his foot and kicked a watermelon, pointed at the other party's nose and scolded: "The way of the world is ruined by you opportunistic guys. ”

The martial artists are all happy and hateful, and the DreamWorks martial artists who were despised with watermelon pulp and watermelon juice did not hesitate to wave their fists at each other. While scolding back, "I don't have the ability to make money." Just blame us for stealing business, so let's see who has the real ability. ”

The next scene of the all-martial arts can be imagined, and the props originally prepared for the movie "Huang Feihong" have all become weapons for brawls.

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Tang Huan, accompanied by Xu Ke, walked all the way with great interest. Outcome. No sooner had they turned the corner than a bench flew towards them.

If it weren't for Tang Huan's quick eyes and quick hands, he dragged Xu Ke to the side and flashed, the two of them would have been smashed all over their faces.

Seeing the live martial arts movie released in advance, Xu Ke's face immediately changed. With the majesty of the old monster Xu, he scolded everyone to stop.

But the two groups of people have a deep grudge, Xu Ke couldn't control the scene at all, and accidentally stepped on a piece of watermelon peel and fell.

From the shouting and scolding of both sides of the fight, the thoughtful Tang Huan immediately guessed the reason for their grudge, and couldn't help but feel sad and his heart was on fire.

As soon as he got up with a hum and chirp, Xu Ke was stunned by the scene in front of him, only to see his big boss Tang Huan viciously breaking into the crowd, flying with his fists and feet, specifically calling those who refused to stop.

Xu Ke was shocked to see it, this is a super rich man in the world with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, and it is estimated that a little skin is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Hurry up and stop me, that's Mr. Tang, even the boss dares to fight, do you still want to mess up." Xu Ke was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and scolded.

Fortunately, at this time, Tang Huan's security assistants rushed over, these people were all professional and high-quality bodyguards, specially beckoning to the ribs, leg bends and other parts that are most likely to make people incapacitated, and quickly stopped a big fight, but the scene was messy.

Tang Huan tugged at the sleeves of the expensive custom buttons that didn't know where they fell, and said bitterly: "You are all doing the lowest work in the film industry, mutual understanding is, why be suspicious of each other and kill each other." ”

The martial artists of DreamWorks all lowered their heads, and the martial artists of the Shaw Brothers looked away, looking like they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak after being beaten, and their eyes were even more disdainful of "a full man does not know that a hungry man is hungry".

Tang Huan, who took everyone's reaction into his eyes, sighed depressedly, people's hearts can't be forced, he didn't bother to say anything, took a stack of cash from the assistant, and handed it to Xu Ke casually, "Give them a look at the injury, if the filming of "Huang Feihong" is delayed, only you ask." ”

Xu Ke, who was shocked by Tang Huan's aura, did not turn his head, and subconsciously agreed.

When he heard Tang Huan, who was leaving quickly, muttered in a low voice, "It's simply the pathetic picture of sentient beings in "Huang Feihong", Xu Ke, who thought of the content of the movie, realized, where did the big boss, who had always had different thoughts, come from? (To be continued......)